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Hi All; thanks for the comments. Here are answers to your questions:

The headlights are simply silver paint, and I used plastic "doll eye" lenses for the headlamp covers.

For the pod wiring, I used four white LEDs for the headlamps, four white LEDs for the interior panels, and one red LED for HAL's eye. All were wired in parallel, using a standard 9 V battery as a power supply. Of course, each LED required its own, separate resistor. (I'll try to post an actual wiring diagram soon).

The clear display cover was made from a 10" clear acrylic plastic cylinder, with a clear acrylic lid cut to size and glued on top. I had a plastics shop make the cover for me; cost about $90.

The base was made out of wood, with an area cut out inside to house the battery and wiring. A side hole was drilled to make way for the on/off switch (a square switch with a red "bottton," purchased at Radio Shack). The base was custom made to my specifications by a woodworker friend of mine. For spam reasons I don't want to post his e-mail address here. But if you contact me through my website I'll be happy to send you my friend's e-mail address (he kept the templates he created for the base in case others might want one made).

There was actually quite a lot more to making the base than first meets the eye, because several boards had to be laminated together in order to make a final piece that was as large (and thick) as the base required. Here are a couple of photos:

Pod Base Photos

On the bottom of the pod I made a "nipple" which fits into the receptacle you see on the top of the base. This helps prevent the pod from sliding off the base, and also provides an area through which the power supply may plug into the pod. All nice and tidy!

All the best,

Norm

Jim, for HAL's eye I simply used the "eye" transparency that came with the kit, then backlit it with a red LED. I had to build a custom bracket inside to hold the LED -- using styrene rods and lots of epoxy.

As for the interior lights, I did include a few photos on my website that show some panel lights through the windshield, but I don't plan on shooting more than that because other people have posted excellent photos of the interior. I used the stock interior, except that I cut out the left rear panel area, built a lightbox behind it, and backlit that panel also (you can see this in one of the photos).

One other thing: I glued several lead fishing weights to the bottom of the pod (beneath the interior floor). I did this to give the pod a bit more "heft." I also used four small rubber pads on the bottom exterior of the pod -- to keep it from getting scratched on the base and so it would "grip" the base a little.